PathAway
GPS 4 - Standard Edition
Latest Updates

PathAway
GPS 4 -Standard Edition
Latest Updates

If you haven't upgraded to PathAway GPS 4 Standard Edition
yet, now is the time. According to user reports, the latest
builds are very robust and the new features make it well
worth the upgrade. Download
the most up-to-date build today

Here are the highlights of the new features added for PathAway
4:

- Multimedia Points: Add photos and sound to captured
points. Included support for camera phones for photo capture.
Click on points and play their sound or display the picture.
Proximity indicator shows a thumbnail of the nearest point
(if there). Click on the thumbnail for a full view of the
picture.

- Goto Location: Enter specific location coordinates
to set a new position on the map.

- PocketMode Feature : You can now track via your
GPS, and save battery life at the same time. Once you enter
PocketMode, PathAway turns off the screen (or backlight
depending on device), and locks the keys but continues to
record GPS data to your track log. If you're using a Bluetooth
GPS, simply connect the GPS, enter Pocket Mode, and put
the device in your Pocket! No need to worry about accidentally
hitting keys to issue unwanted commands. Use the special
key sequence (or power button) to exit Pocket mode and return
to the View screen.

- Split Track Here: "Click on a track point
and "Split" the track into two at the selected
point. Great for dividing up lengthy tracks that only need
to be in separate segments.

- Calibrate by 3 or More Known Points: Now you can
Calibrate maps that do not have horizontal and vertical
longitude and latitude lines, and do not have a known projection.
PathAway 4 features new algorithms to accurately calibrate
maps by choosing 3 or more known points. Maps no longer
need to have perfectly horizontal latitude and vertical
longitude lines. Calibration can be done via Map Manager
(using Known Points - Skewed), or on the handheld by selecting
the "3 or more known points". option in the Calibrate
Map dialog.

- Primary and Secondary Position Coordinate Display:
Choose two different Position coordinates to display on
the dashboard. Now you can show both lat/long and UTM (or
any other supported Grid format) at the same time. Or choose
a different Datum to display in.

- Select Any Datum or Grid format for display: Previously,
you could only display the datum used by the current map.
Now you can select any datum for use on the display. Even
select different datum's for primary and secondary coordinates.

- Toolbar Hide/Show: Expand your view of the screen
by hiding the toolbar. Windows Mobile versions can hide
the toolbar and the top Taskbar to give you the entire screen
for viewing.

- Manual And Proximity based Route Point Targeting:
Manual means user must select "Advance Route Point"
before PathAway will target the next point in sequence.
Proximity means you must enter within a proximity of a route
point before the next point will be automatically targeted.

- Measure distance between 2 points: Want to know
the distance between 2 points on the map? Simply select
Measure... from the Popup menu, and click on the 2 points.

- Large size Icon and Text Menu display: Double
the size of the icons for better viewing, or enlarge the
text on the menus for arms-length viewing, or easier finger
selection.

- Coordinate Grid Lines on Map: Show the latitude
and longitude lines on the map. Automatically determines
best gapping between lines to keep the screen uncluttered.

- Elevation alarms and warnings: Receive audible
alerts when you rise above or fall below specified elevations
in relation to the track or route you're following.

- GPS fix acquired and lost alarms: Receive audible
alerts when a GPS fix is acquired or lost.

- Custom Alarm Sounds: Add your own sound clips
to be used for any of the available alarms. Even attach
a sound to a specific point to be played as the "in-proximity"
sound.

- On-Map Display of Estimated Travel Time: PathAway
displays the Estimated Time Enroute (ETE) on the map by
showing rings indicating the time to reach points on the
map. By default, ETEs are set in 1,2, 5, 10, 30, and 60
minute intervals. Customizable in the Preferences->Time
dialog.

- GPS Connection Retrys: Option to maintain trying
to connect to GPS even when communications are temporarily
lost. See the GPS Configure->Advanced Dialog.

- Set Speed and distance decimal precision: Now
modify the decimal places on the screens used for reporting
speed and distances. See the Preferences->System dialog.

- Depth Tracking: Option to record "Depth"
(if available) in elevation data field instead of altitude.
See the Preferences->System dialog.

- "Auto Detect" baud rate: Turn on Auto
Detect, and the system will cycle through baud rates until
it receives a valid GPS stream. See the GPS Configure Dialog.

- Elevation Correction: Automatically adjust elevation
to correct for SIRF II Elevation error, or set a fixed elevation
adjustment to be applied to all elevation data received
from GPS. See the GPS Configure->Advanced dialog.

- Line to Next Point, Line to Next Turn, Circle Next
point: In Preferences-Map Display, options to show/hide
Line to Next Point, Line to Next Turn, Circle Next point
and turn using Proximity distance parameters.

- Calculate Area of a Route or Track: Track or route
must be set as Activated, or Follow. Context menu (click
on map) Route Menu->Calculate Area or Track Menu->Calculate
Area.

- Pinpoint feature to improve the accuracy of a
captured point. Stand still and take multiple samples to
average the current location, and pinpoint the accuracy.

Note: Some of these features already exist in PathAway
GPS 3 for Windows Mobile.

PathAway
GPS 4 Professional Edition - Pre-Release
Development Update

Under development is the New
PathAway PRO Edition. It will have all of the features of
the Standard Edition plus new features targeted towards
advanced users and professionals!

As features are added, we are posting pre-release versions
of the program for you to try out and provide feedback.
Here are some of the new features added recently:

On-the-Fly download of Web Maps. The latest feature
being tested is the wireless downloading and display of
Web-based maps. With this feature enabled, you'll be able
to have maps automatically downloaded as you travel. Zoom
in and out to retrieve maps of higher or lower scale.
Support is currently available for Google Street and
Satellite maps. We're currently working on adding
more sources including TerraServer. See the Options->Preferences->Web
Maps Dialog. Note: Current support is only for Windows Mobile Pocket
PC Phone Edition handhelds.

Send Location via HTTP: In addition to sending
your location via SMS (text Messaging), PathAway PRO now
can send the location to a server via HTTP. The advantage
of this is that it is usually much cheaper to send a small
data packet directly to a server than it is via SMS. As
well, the data sent is instant, whereas SMS location can
get delayed by the SMS Transmission service provider.
If you would like to test this out you can use our FindMe
server to view a posted location on a Google map. To do
this, set the Send address to:http://pathaway.com/cgi-bin/locpost.cgiThen to view the location, go to the web page http://pathaway.com/findme/,
enter the "Owner name" of the user you would
like to view, then get the Map showing the user's location.

Location Send Triggers: PRO now offers the following
options to trigger the location send feature:
- Time Interval: Send location at the specified
time intervals.
- Distance Interval. Send is triggered every x
distance traveled.
- Distance Interval from Start. Sends your location
as you cross the threshold of the specified distance from
your start location. If you move back towards your start
location, the trigger will again send the location. This
feature is very useful for search and rescue purposes
where the distance from a start location is needed in
order to determine a search radius.

Receive and Track Locations via SMS. Enable
this feature to receive SMS location messages from others.
Their location, time, speed and heading will be displayed
on the map.

Pace Yourself: The new Pace feature allows you
to define a certain pace that you are trying to maintain,
and PathAway will monitor your travel, and display your
pace time and distance information on new dashboard items.
Set the Recover Distance, and PathAway can tell you the
required speed to travel at for the specified distance
in order to catch-up to the desired pace. Great for sports
training, rally racing, and arrival time scheduling. See
the Options->Preferences->Pace Dialog.
Note: Pace by Current Route is not implemented yet.

More features are being added and tested on a regular basis,
so check with us regularly. There is a Prerelease of PathAway
GPS 4 - Professional Edition available for preview at http://pathaway.com/prerelease4/.
Note the pre-releases all expire after 15 days from posting,
so you'll need to return to the prerelease page when the
program expires.

Got something to add to the PathAway GPS 4 - PRO Wishlist?
Send it to us and we'll make sure it gets serious consideration.

Google Map CreaterDevelopers at IPPO.net have created a very cool FREE
PC-based utility that downloads Google maps and creates
a calibrated PathAway Map. To try this program out,
go to http://www.iippo.net/jb/mapaway/.

Mac Map Manager (coming soon)We've had a lot of requests from Macintosh users who
want to create PathAway maps on a MAC. Soon there will be
a solution from software developer Mikko Harjanne. He is
nearing completion of a Macintosh version of PathAway Map
Manager. Check the PathAway
Forum for an announcement of when this will be available
to try out.

GPSBabel (http://www.GPSBabel.org): GPS Babel
OpenSource project now supports conversion of PathAway Tracks,
Routes, and Points. GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks,
and routes from one format to another. It returns to us
the ability to freely move our own waypoint data between
the programs. It does not convert, transfer, send, or manipulate
maps. Babel processes data that may (or may not be) placed
on a map, such as waypoints, tracks, and routes.

Updates
- Get the Latest Software Revisions

We are actively updating the software on a regular basis.
Check your version number that appears on the 'About PathAway'
screen on your Handheld, against the posted latest version
on PathAway.com.

To install the latest, simply go to the Download page and
install over top of your current version. Your data will
not be affected. If your version is quite old, you may need
to reenter your Registration key, so make sure you have
it handy before installing.

These latest revisions are FREE if you have a registration
key for any version 4.x of PathAway. These revisions contain
new features and increased stability. Check the Release
Notes for details on the improvements.

About
PathAway GPS 4

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